Trailblazer Unique Resume Template
$12.00
Trailblazer Unique Resume Template
$12.00
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A premium, custom-designed unique resume template with an eye-catching appearance. Video tutorials included to show you how to customize it further, including a change of the color scheme, to make it even more uniquely yours. Created for MS Word and has an ATS-friendly format.
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Unique Resume Template with a Bold & Eye-Catching Appearance
You are unique and your resume should be too! Most resume templates have a generic, cookie-cutter look to them. But Distinctive Resume Templates, designed by a 25+ year, award-winning resume expert are different! Each is unique and easily customized to make it even more unique.
The Trailblazer Resume Template is a unique resume template for MS Word with an eye-catching appearance that can be easily customized to be as bold as you want with a simple color change. While we’ve used a gold color, almost any color looks good with black. Try an understated, sophisticated blue or a bright red. The format is appropriate for almost any professional or executive.
The curved Key Strengths graphic won’t be picked up by an ATS, so make sure you repeat any keywords elsewhere in the document.
The Trailblazer Resume Template will also help you with your keyword optimization if you follow the recommendations in the ATS-compliant resume template which includes lots of space for keywords to be included. The text to the right of the graphic is just that: text. This will be “read” into an ATS
We’ve used a variety of strategies in this unique resume template to draw the eye to accomplishments and results. An example is the shaded boxes under each employment experience section of this resume template. This gives you a place to showcase and draw the readers’ eyes to the most significant big-picture ways that you produced results and delivered value to your employers.
It is always best to be succinct in a resume and this unique resume template encourages this with one-line bulleted results. This resume will look best if you put some effort into carefully editing each accomplishment so that you can convey the most important parts in just one line each. However, if you need more room, this unique resume template can be easily expanded.
Adaptable for a variety of circumstances, this resume template will help give a diversity of executives and professionals an instant competitive edge.
Like all our resume templates for Word, everything, including the color scheme, is easily customizable. The Trailblazer resume takes on a whole new “look and feel” when you change the colors.
Available separately, the Trailblazer executive biography template and letterhead template are designed to coordinate with our Trailblazer Resume template. See all templates in the collection:
As with all our template collections, MS Word is required.
If you are still wondering whether you should use a template for your resume, take a look at the dramatic difference a template makes on this real-life advertising agency resume example created with this template.
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WHAT OUR TEMPLATE USERS SAY
Appearances matter, even with the written word, and how a document looks can make an immediate impact on the decision to read it or toss it aside. I train and mentor many excellent resume writers who have mastered the art of crafting highly effective resume content, but who lack the basic MS Word skills to create eye-catching, ATS compatible and uniquely branded documents. Distinctive Templates are the perfect solution for easily transforming well-written content into works of art that capture attention, generate interest, and motivate the recipient to read every word.
When I was starting out with resume writing a little over a year ago, one of the most intimidating aspects was visual design of resumes. I didn’t want to have to learn graphic design to stand out—and with these templates, I didn’t need to! I was a little hesitant at first because I thought the templates might be too rigid or generic. In actuality, they are incredibly flexible and easy to play around with. I can customize any template with my client’s favorite colors in just two clicks—which means they never look exactly the same, even if I use them for multiple clients. Using the templates means I can just do what I do best—write—and then plug the text right into the appropriate section. It saves me literal HOURS of work and hassle. One of the best parts about purchasing from Michelle is that she is extremely responsive to questions. There’s a private Facebook group where she records screen share tutorials about how to switch up certain elements in the templates, and she’s always been responsive to my emailed questions. My clients are completely thrilled with the unique, modern design of their resume, and I’m thrilled that I’m saving time and don’t have to learn graphic design!
I love Michelle’s resume templates! The designs are eye-catching and easy to use. I highly recommend these templates for anyone who finds that designing a creative, contemporary formatted resume is a challenge. They’re a huge time-saver.
I used the “Pivot” template to create a combination functional/chronological resume for my first big client. Her words when she saw the finished product: “THIS IS AMAZING!” I’m a writer, not a designer. My resumes aren’t unprofessional, but they needed a “wow” factor – and now they have it. Thank you, Michelle, for offering such affordably priced tools!
While I primarily write resumes from scratch for each of my clients, I have also used Michelle’s templates and received great feedback. I find the templates are especially helpful to organize my thinking for those clients who have an overabundance of important information that still must fit in an ATS-friendly, 2-page format without looking cluttered or disorganized.
Michelle, your templates are wonderful! You are so creative, and I especially love the templates for specialized career industries! I just used Global Impact for an executive with extensive global work and living experience, Driving Growth for a successful sales director, and Agricultural Edge for a seasoned landscape professional — they all absolutely loved the unique, contemporary look of their new resumes. Thank you so much for providing this service within our industry. You are so talented, and I greatly appreciate our connection and the creativity your templates bring to my client engagements!
👋 Meet the Creator Behind Distinctive Resume Templates
Hi, I’m Michelle Dumas, founder of Distinctive Career Services and the creator of Distinctive Resume Templates. Over the past 25+ years, I’ve helped more than 10,000 job seekers worldwide—from students and entry-level candidates to C-suite executives—land interviews, win job offers, and advance their careers with powerful, professionally written resumes.
I’m a multi-certified professional resume writer and career coach, the award-winning author of The AI-Savvy Job Seeker, and a recognized industry leader whose work has been featured in over a dozen top resume-writing books.
I created Distinctive Resume Templates to bring real-world, results-driven resume design to a wider audience. These are the same templates I’ve used in my own professional practice—ATS-friendly, strategically structured, and enhanced with tips and prompts to help you create compelling content faster.
Today, these templates are trusted not only by job seekers across every profession and career level, but also by hundreds of professional resume writers, career coaches, and other employment industry experts who use them with their clients.
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